Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Williamsport (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Williamsport. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Williamsport is located in Grant County.
To see how the shape of West Virginia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Grant County: Garrett (MD), Hardy, Mineral, Pendleton & Tucker.
Below are the counties that are near Williamsport. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Williamsport:
- Grant County (The home county of Williamsport)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Medley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Lahmansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lahmansville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
- Greenland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greenland is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Maysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Arthur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Seymourville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
- Petersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Dorcas
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Dorcas is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Bayard
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Bayard is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
- Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
- Dobbin
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Dobbin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbin
- Wilson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wilson is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Hopeville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hopeville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeville
- Pansy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pansy is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pansy
- Hampshire County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Junction
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Junction is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction
- Romney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Vance
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Vance is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vance
- Wapocomo
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wapocomo is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapocomo
- Augusta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Ritters
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Ritters is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ritters
- Sedan
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sedan is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Springfield
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Three Churches
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Three Churches is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Churches
- Yellow Spring
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
- Points
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Points is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Points
- Donaldson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Donaldson is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donaldson
- Higginsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Higginsville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higginsville
- Hardy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Moorefield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Fort Run
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Fort Run is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Run
- Inkerman
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Inkerman is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inkerman
- Durgon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Durgon is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Durgon
- Baker
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Baker is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Lost City
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Mathias
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Wardensville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Peru
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Peru is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peru
- Mineral County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Hartmansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- Burlington
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sulphur City
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sulphur City is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur City
- New Creek
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Elk Garden
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Shaw
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Shaw is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Harrison
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Harrison is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
- Schell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Schell is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Keyser
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Headsville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Headsville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Headsville
- Windom ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Windom is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
- Piedmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Fort Ashby
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Pendleton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Ketterman
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Ketterman is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ketterman
- Brushy Run
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Brushy Run is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Run
- Kline
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Kline is located in Pendleton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kline
- Preston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Horse Shoe Run
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Horse Shoe Run is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horse Shoe Run
- Aurora
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Carmel
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Carmel is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carmel
- Sell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Sell is located in Preston County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sell
- Randolph County
- Dryfork
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tucker County
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Davis
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Pierce
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Pierce is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Thomas
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Canaan Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Coketon
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Coketon is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coketon
- Elk
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Elk is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk
- Gladwin
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gladwin is located in Tucker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladwin
- Allegany County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Luke
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Luke is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luke
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Westernport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Barton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Barton is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
- Moscow
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Moscow is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moscow
- Nikep
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Nikep is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nikep
- Rawlings
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Lonaconing
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Frost ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Frost is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frost
- Gilmore
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gilmore is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
- Midland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Midland is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
- Pinto
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Pinto is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinto
- Cresaptown
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Klondike
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Klondike is located in Allegany County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
- Garrett County (MD)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Kitzmiller
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Schell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Schell is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Schell
- Bloomington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Bloomington is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomington
- Fort Pendleton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Fort Pendleton is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Pendleton
- Altamont
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Altamont is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altamont
- Swanton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Wilson
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Wilson is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
- Deer Park
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Loch Lynn Heights
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Loch Lynn Heights is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lynn Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 525 people
- Mountain Lake Park
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Mountain Lake Park is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Lake Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,065 people
- Red House
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Red House is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red House
- Oakland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Oakland is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,803 people
- Hutton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hutton is located in Garrett County (MD)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutton
- Shenandoah County (VA)
- The following are listed by their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Jerome
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Jerome is located in Shenandoah County (VA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerome
- Basye - Bryce Mountain
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Orkney Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Williamsport, see our County-by-County Page for Williamsport.
Cemeteries Near Williamsport ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Williamsport.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Williamsport - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Williamsport covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Bethel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Green Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Knobley Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Old Pine Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Ferrbee Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Doll Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Arnold Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Canon Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Hull - Utta Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Thrush Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Davis Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Evans Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (196 more) ...
- Peerce Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bane Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Sloan Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Williamsport had a population of 46 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Williamsport, with the one closest to Williamsport listed first.
- Medley
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Martin
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Martin is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
- Lahmansville
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Lahmansville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lahmansville
- Old Fields
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Old Fields is located in Hardy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Fields
- Purgitsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Purgitsville is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purgitsville
- Greenland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Greenland is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenland
- Laurel Dale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Laurel Dale is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laurel Dale
- Antioch
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Antioch is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Antioch
- Maysville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Maysville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maysville
- Glebe ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Glebe is located in Hampshire County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glebe
- Arthur
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Arthur is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
- Moorefield
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Ridgeville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Ridgeville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeville
- Hartmansville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Hartmansville is located in Mineral County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartmansville
- Seymourville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Seymourville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymourville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Williamsport. See our List of 1890's Communities around Williamsport.
Newspapers Published in Williamsport ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 29 newspapers that have been published in the area around Williamsport.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Williamsport, there are papers which were published within 21 miles [33.8 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Williamsport.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Williamsport:
- Websites specific to West Virginia
- Pages specific to Grant County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Hampshire County
- Hardy County
- Mineral County
- Pendleton County
- Preston County
- Randolph County
- Tucker County
- Allegany County
- Garrett County
- Shenandoah County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for West Virginia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Williamsport, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Williamsport) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |